This time a Senator has submitted a draft law calling for the absolute ban of the cultivation of any genetically modified ban which includes the insect-resistant maize known as Pioneer 1507 developed jointly by DuPont and Dow Chemical, slated for approval by the EU later this year despite considerable opposition by its member states.

The proposed draft legislation could be voted by the Senate as soon as Feb. 17 before being passed to the lower house. The bill proposes that the ban would be monitored by inspectors and that any GMO crops would be destroyed.